Mon Nov 14   to Fri Nov 18  

For the third consecutive year, the headquarters of Foyles bookshop in London is the venue for a highly representative cross-section of Iberoamerican literary creation, with a particular focus on women writers from both sides of the Atlantic. The format will be a mixture of round-table discussion, book launches, conversations and workshops. Among the writers featured will be: Chloe Aridjis (Mexico), Carla Guelfenbein (Chile), Almudena Solana (Spain). There will also be a special session dedicated to the Argentinian writer Tomás Eloy Martínez.

Almudena Solana holds a degree in Journalism from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, where she lives. A contributor to, among other publications, El País, El Mundo and Vive, and involved in the world of television, she burst onto the literary scene in 2002 with her first novel, El currículum de Aurora Ortiz, which won excellent critical response as well as praise from authors like José Saramago and Jorge Edwards. Published in England as The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz, it earned unanimous critical acclaim in The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, and the Evening Standard, among other newspapers. English women ruin their heels when they walk is her second novel. The importance of fluorescent fish (Suma, 2009) is her third, which she spent six years writing.

This event is in English.

Organised by the Association of Cultural Attaches of Latin America, Spain and Portugal in the United Kingdom & Foyles.

Admission free, subject to space. Places must be reserved in advance: reservas.londres@cervantes.es or 020 7201 0750.

The Instituto Cervantes in London is currently undergoing maintenance. Because of these building works, access to the library will be restricted during part of this term, and our cultural events will be held elsewhere. The Instituto would like to thank all visitors for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused by this work.